Melinda Beatty
@melindabeatty.com
Writer, bookseller and crafter. Author of the Heartseeker duology, (Putnum) TELL THE TRUTH, PANGOLIN,(Anne Schwartz Books) THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE DAY, (Dial) THE WITCH'S TABLE, (Little Bee) WHAT IS A PIRATE? (Little Bee, Fall 2026)
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Melinda Beatty
@melindabeatty.com
· Jan 9
Hey Bluesky folks! I'm one of the weirdos that imported like, 11 years worth of tweet into this account, so if you're scrolling back and see something that makes you go, "OMG, read the room, lady" it's my sincere hope that it's ancient history in spite of the date.
Had such a lovely author moment today at work when a woman came in with her late elementary age daughter so that the kiddo could tell me how much she loved my debut middle-grade novel and she was in the middle of the sequel. I had such a tough experience with those two books--it was SO nice to hear!
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Had such a lovely author moment today at work when a woman came in with her late elementary age daughter so that the kiddo could tell me how much she loved my debut middle-grade novel and she was in the middle of the sequel. I had such a tough experience with those two books--it was SO nice to hear!
Thinking tonight about the moment years ago in a local mall when my youngest, upon passing Santa’s grotto with a line of kids waiting to take pictures, said loudly, “HEY MOM DID YOU KNOW IN THE OLDEN DAYS ST. NICHOLAS WOULD GIVE COINS TO WOMEN AT CHRISTMASTIME SO THEY WOULDN’T BE PROSTITUTES?”
a blurred image of two women in front of a shelf with toys on it
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December 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Thinking tonight about the moment years ago in a local mall when my youngest, upon passing Santa’s grotto with a line of kids waiting to take pictures, said loudly, “HEY MOM DID YOU KNOW IN THE OLDEN DAYS ST. NICHOLAS WOULD GIVE COINS TO WOMEN AT CHRISTMASTIME SO THEY WOULDN’T BE PROSTITUTES?”
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Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
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December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
This week’s boards at @curiousiguana.com. Thank you so much for shopping small this holiday season!
December 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This week’s boards at @curiousiguana.com. Thank you so much for shopping small this holiday season!
Shoutout to school librarians who are doing a hard job right now--this time of year, we have a lot of folks from out of town coming through the store and last weekend, a school librarian from Florida asked me about the state of book banning in MD. 1/3
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Shoutout to school librarians who are doing a hard job right now--this time of year, we have a lot of folks from out of town coming through the store and last weekend, a school librarian from Florida asked me about the state of book banning in MD. 1/3
This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com!
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com!
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December 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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This feels pointed. 😂
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This feels pointed. 😂
This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com!
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com!
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Last but not least, recs for Our Flag Meets Death, with books from Emily Tesh, C.L. Polk, Austin Chant, Travis Baldree, and more.
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The Queer Joy of Our Flag Means Death - Reactor
Like many of you, I was enticed to give Our Flag Means Death a try from other queer fans tweeting about it. I knew from the moment we saw Blackbeard nursing Stede back to health that I would see it th...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Last but not least, recs for Our Flag Meets Death, with books from Emily Tesh, C.L. Polk, Austin Chant, Travis Baldree, and more.
reactormag.com/the-queer-jo...
reactormag.com/the-queer-jo...
This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com books!
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com books!
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Well.. gotta use this as an excuse to push the vampire book I did 😅
Art from Things That Go Bump in the Day by @melindabeatty.com !
#kidlitart
Art from Things That Go Bump in the Day by @melindabeatty.com !
#kidlitart
October 31, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Well.. gotta use this as an excuse to push the vampire book I did 😅
Art from Things That Go Bump in the Day by @melindabeatty.com !
#kidlitart
Art from Things That Go Bump in the Day by @melindabeatty.com !
#kidlitart
This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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October 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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If I could be allowed a mild tech geekout?
I was so honored to do a Scholastic Story Voice event this morning and share mine and @charlenedraws.bsky.social's "Things That Go Bump In The Day" with classrooms around the US. It was great fun! 🧵
I was so honored to do a Scholastic Story Voice event this morning and share mine and @charlenedraws.bsky.social's "Things That Go Bump In The Day" with classrooms around the US. It was great fun! 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If I could be allowed a mild tech geekout?
I was so honored to do a Scholastic Story Voice event this morning and share mine and @charlenedraws.bsky.social's "Things That Go Bump In The Day" with classrooms around the US. It was great fun! 🧵
I was so honored to do a Scholastic Story Voice event this morning and share mine and @charlenedraws.bsky.social's "Things That Go Bump In The Day" with classrooms around the US. It was great fun! 🧵
The little person who was always wildly excited for the Scholastic order forms to show up in her classroom is doing laps on the ceiling right now. #kidlit #kidlitauthor @charlenedraws.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The little person who was always wildly excited for the Scholastic order forms to show up in her classroom is doing laps on the ceiling right now. #kidlit #kidlitauthor @charlenedraws.bsky.social
This 8 year old FB memory came up this morning. Annoyed that Cheeto in Chief has been a figure in my children's lives for so long.
October 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This 8 year old FB memory came up this morning. Annoyed that Cheeto in Chief has been a figure in my children's lives for so long.
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Had a great evening working for @curiousiguana.com— listening to @almakatsu.bsky.social and @jamieflanagan.com talk about horror, the differences between screen and novel writing and what they’re most enjoying in entertainment right now!
October 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Had a great evening working for @curiousiguana.com— listening to @almakatsu.bsky.social and @jamieflanagan.com talk about horror, the differences between screen and novel writing and what they’re most enjoying in entertainment right now!
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An indy bookseller speaks! Bookshop.org is AMAZING and frankly, without it, a lot of us would have struggled even more during lockdown. WAYYY better than Hive (if you’re picking the book up from a bookshop, why aren’t you ordering it directly from them in the first place??)
Independent bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales, and ebooks will be priced the same as they are on Amazon.
‘A tool in the fight against Amazon’: independent bookshops to begin selling ebooks
A new platform will be an alternative to Kindle, and bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
An indy bookseller speaks! Bookshop.org is AMAZING and frankly, without it, a lot of us would have struggled even more during lockdown. WAYYY better than Hive (if you’re picking the book up from a bookshop, why aren’t you ordering it directly from them in the first place??)
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Some brief thoughts on the Anthropic settlement, and why I think most authors should claim their share of the settlement if they can, inadequate though I think it is:
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Authors, Time to Get That (Anthropic) Bag
To begin, for those of you who do not follow such things with intense interest, a little context about the “AI” company Anthropic being sued for stealing authors’ works and reachi…
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October 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Some brief thoughts on the Anthropic settlement, and why I think most authors should claim their share of the settlement if they can, inadequate though I think it is:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/02/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/02/a...
This should really go without saying but, DON'T LET YOUR KIDS PLAY WITH CHATGPT.
I spoke to parents who are letting their young kids play with generative AI and tried to sort through some of the questions they have about it.
"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.
Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."
"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.
Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."
‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?
Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This should really go without saying but, DON'T LET YOUR KIDS PLAY WITH CHATGPT.
Just a reminder to authors who've got works that were yoinked by Anthropic: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Just a reminder to authors who've got works that were yoinked by Anthropic: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
It’s finally #spookyseason at @curiousiguana.com!
October 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It’s finally #spookyseason at @curiousiguana.com!